Distance education in turkey

Communication technologies have a manipulative power and effect on the field of education in general. These technologies have been increasingly used in education and training for many years to meet different needs. This situation, increasingly use of technologies in education and training, have brought up some new disciplines, or study fields, into education field. Distance education is one of the newest forms of education that basically depends on these communication and information technologies. As a new and modern approach to deliver instruction, many corporations and organizations for both formal and non-formal educational settings in Turkey and all around the world have increasingly used distance education. A recent study reports that corporations and organizations that have successfully implemented distance-learning systems list a range of benefits for their corporations. The most frequently cited are the following benefits among them (http://home.anadolu.edu.tr/~udemiray)

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